The term "Overton Window" describes the bounds of acceptable public discourse, the range of ideas the public is willing to consider seriously. In a news conference last Thursday, President Trump and A.G. Barr expanded the Overton Window on illegal immigration when they said that they would give up on the effort to add a citizenship question to the Census but would use existing government data bases to obtain information on the numbers and locations of illegal aliens. In explaining his determination, Trump said: This information is also relevant to administering our elections. Some states may want to draw state and local legislative districts based upon the voter-eligible population.  Barr added: For example, there is a current dispute over whether illegal aliens can be included for apportionment purposes.  Depending on the resolution of that dispute, this data may be relevant to those considerations.  We will be studying this...(Read Full Post)